Anne Shirley

Known for: Acting

Born: 1918-04-17 – 1993-07-04 (aged 75)

From: New York City, New York, USA

Anne Shirley (born Dawn Evelyeen Paris; April 17, 1918 – July 4, 1993) was an American child, teen, and young adult screen actress. She retired at age 26. Initially appearing in films under the name Dawn O'Day, she changed her name to Anne Shirley (the name of the title character she portrayed) upon the success of the 1934 film Anne of Green Gables.

Filmography (66)

MOVIE★ 8.2
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Make Mine Laughs
1949
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Movieland Magic
1946
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.3
Murder, My Sweet
1944
as Ann Grayle
MOVIE★ 6.0
Music in Manhattan
1944
as Frankie Foster
MOVIE★ 6.5
Man from Frisco
1944
as Diana Kennedy
MOVIE★ 5.7
Government Girl
1943
as May Harness Blake
MOVIE★ 5.7
Bombardier
1943
as Burton Hughes
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Powers Girl
1943
as Ellen Evans
MOVIE★ 6.0
Lady Bodyguard
1943
as A. C. Baker
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942
as Jessey Lee
MOVIE★ 6.5
Four Jacks and a Jill
1942
as Karanina 'Nina' Novak, the Jill
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941
MOVIE★ 6.9
Unexpected Uncle
1941
as Kathleen Brown
MOVIE★ 7.0
All That Money Can Buy
1941
as Mary Stone
MOVIE★ 7.0
West Point Widow
1941
as Nancy Hull
MOVIE★ 6.0
Anne of Windy Poplars
1940
as Anne
MOVIE★ 6.9
Saturday's Children
1940
as Bobby Halevy
MOVIE★ 5.9
Vigil in the Night
1940
as Lucy Lee
MOVIE★ 8.0
Career
1939
as Sylvia Bartholomew
MOVIE★ 7.3
Sorority House
1939
as Alice Fisher
MOVIE★ 6.8
Boy Slaves
1939
as Annie
MOVIE★ 6.7
A Man to Remember
1938
as Jean Johnson
MOVIE★ 6.5
Girls' School
1938
as Natalie Freeman
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938
as Nancy Carey
MOVIE★ 5.8
Law of the Underworld
1938
as Annabelle Porter
MOVIE★ 7.3
Condemned Women
1938
as Millie Anson
MOVIE★ 6.8
Stella Dallas
1937
as Laurel "Lollie" Dallas
MOVIE★ 6.5
Meet the Missus
1937
as Louise Foster
MOVIE★ 7.3
Too Many Wives
1937
as Betty Jackson
MOVIE★ 5.5
Make Way for a Lady
1936
as June Drew
MOVIE★ 6.0
M'Liss
1936
as M'Liss Smith
MOVIE★ 7.0
Chatterbox
1936
as Jenny Yates
MOVIE★ 7.5
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935
as Fleety Belle
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935
as Anne Shirley
MOVIE★ 5.8
Chasing Yesterday
1935
as Jeanne Alexandre
MOVIE★ 5.6
Anne of Green Gables
1934
as Anne Shirley
MOVIE★ 6.5
Bachelor Bait
1934
as Miriam Johnson (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Key
1934
as Flower peddler
MOVIE★ 6.2
Finishing School
1934
as Billie
MOVIE★ 7.5
School for Girls
1934
as Catherine Fogarty (as Dawn O'Day)
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Life of Jimmy Dolan
1933
as Mary Lou
MOVIE★ 5.5
Rasputin and the Empress
1932
as Princess Anastasia
MOVIE★ 6.3
Three on a Match
1932
as Vivian Revere as a Child
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Purchase Price
1932
as Sarah Tipton (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.7
So Big!
1932
as Young Selina Peake (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Young America
1932
as Mabel Saunders
MOVIE★ 6.6
Emma
1932
as Isabelle as a Child (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Rich Man's Folly
1931
as Anne, as a child
MOVIE★ 6.7
Gun Smoke
1931
as Horton's Daughter, Isabelle (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Liliom
1930
as Louise
MOVIE★ 7.5
City Girl
1930
as Marie Tustine
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sins of the Fathers
1928
as Mary, as a child (as Dawn O'Day)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Mother Knows Best
1928
as Sally, as a child
MOVIE★ 7.6
4 Devils
1928
as Marion as a girl
MOVIE★ 8.0
Night Life
1927
as Daughter of War Profiteer
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Callahans and the Murphys
1927
as Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
MOVIE★ 7.1
His Wooden Wedding
1925
MOVIE★ 5.0
Alice's Egg Plant
1925
as Alice
MOVIE★ 6.1
Riders of the Purple Sage
1925
as Fay Larkin (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Fast Set
1924
as Little Margaret Sones
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Man Who Fights Alone
1924
as Dorothy
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Spanish Dancer
1923
as Don Balthazar Carlos (as Dawn O'Day)
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Rustle of Silk
1923
as Girl
MOVIE★ 8.0
Moonshine Valley
1922
as Nancy (as Dawn O'Day)
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Hidden Woman
1922
as Girl